FlyLal

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FlyLal (also known as Lithuanian Airlines) is the national airline of Lithuania. It was recently privatized to Lithuanian investors, and uses new brand - flyLAL. The new owners announced plans to turn the airline into a low-cost carrier.

Contents

1 Code Data
2 History
3 Services
4 Fleet
5 External links

Code Data

IATA Code: TE
ICAO Code: LIL
Callsign: Lithuania Air

History

It was founded in 1991 shortly following Lithuania's independence from the USSR. It was privatized in 2005, when all 100% of shares were sold to Lithuanian investors. Lithuanian Airlines is coming to be acquired by Swedish low-cost company FlyMe.

Services

flyLAL serves 16 countries in Europe (including codeshares) from its hub at Vilnius International Airport. During summer time it operates three international routes from Palanga International Airport.

Destinations served by LAL are:

It will inaugurate nonstop service Palanga (Lithuania) - Amsterdam on Jul 3rd, 2006. It will operate 3 flights a week, using a Saab 2000.

Fleet

The Lithuanian Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of April 2006):

Type Number Seats Notes
Boeing 737-500 5 120
Saab 2000 5 50

Type	Number	Seats	Notes
Boeing 737-500	5	120
Saab 2000	5	50

External links

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